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If there is a particular reel order you would prefer for reels 4/5/6, let me know and I will get them done in that order.
What do you say we let Harmy pick?
-G
unless i am mistaken, he was asking harmy…
If there is a particular reel order you would prefer for reels 4/5/6, let me know and I will get them done in that order.
What do you say we let Harmy pick?
-G
unless i am mistaken, he was asking harmy…
Or whoever wants to sponsor the cleaning for one reel. 😉
[ Scanning stuff since 2015 ]
The reply was for Harmy 😃
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Oh. Now I’m offended that you weren’t asking everyone. 😃
-G
Harmy doesn’t mind… so everyone have at it 😃
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A few people have been asking re technical details of the scanning, basically it is scanned at full aperture 4K, which give us over 3 times the vertical resolution of UHD, and a little more horizontal resolution (but negligible).
The print is anamorphic, so we end up with nearly 3000 lines of vertical resolution vs the around 820 lines or so on the official Blu-ray.
As for colour, it is 16 bits per pixel, vs 8 bits per pixel of Blu-ray, and it is 4:4:4 colour vs 4:2:0 of the official Blu-ray, so there is a lot of colour range to play with.
Of course, it is a release print, not a negative, so the print itself is quite variable as far as density, contrast and grain/resolution goes, but I believe we are pretty much capturing as much as is there.
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Dropped a $20 on this. Preserving History/My Favorite Movie is a no brainer. The better Harmy releases get, the happier I am.
Having seen the scans, I actually believe that given proper care, a restoration based purely on these scans could look better than the official BD on all counts - with a bit of sharpening (which there is a lot of on the BD) it actually rivals the sharpness and detail of the BD, and with some careful cleanup and noise management, it could look nearly as clean as the BD, while not looking unnaturally digital, like the BD does. This would take some serious restoration effort though, so the simplest way to get the original version something resembling a modern transfer/restoration of the kind we see with movies like Jaws or Spartacus, is still to color correct and despecialize the BD.
Donated. Thank you Poita!
Truly wonderful & inspiring work Poita. Donation made 😃
My two cents would be to get the DE Reel 2 cleaned next, assuming it will be crucial in subbing the latter half of the British reel, which is damaged. I know you can scan it now as it is, but seeing as it’s vital, you might as well treat it as the next part of the preservation.
I’m sure if it came to reel 6 of the Brit print and funds had run out, the community would come to the rescue 😉
Thanks to everyone, we have enough to have 5 reels cleaned, and aren’t far from being able to get #6 done, so I have sent them all in, and am hopeful that we will raise the last part before I have to pay the bill 😃
My heartfelt thanks to everyone that has helped out in any way, I feel it is such an important film to preserve, and it was literally going to fade away forvever if we didn’t act
I’m uploading the scans done so far to Harmy now, and will post some images and samples over the next few days as I get them rendered out.
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My two cents would be to get the DE Reel 2 cleaned next, assuming it will be crucial in subbing the latter half of the British reel, which is damaged. I know you can scan it now as it is, but seeing as it’s vital, you might as well treat it as the next part of the preservation.
I’m sure if it came to reel 6 of the Brit print and funds had run out, the community would come to the rescue 😉
Clearly the way to go!
A little donation is coming your way Poita 😃
“Stargazing wizards, stare into the night,
Hurricanes and blizzards, here comes the final fight”
I unfortunately can’t afford to help right now so I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE what you uploaded till now 😃
Donation executed 😃 Thanks Poita!
Rogue One is redundant. Just play the first mission of DARK FORCES.
The hallmark of a corrupt leader: Being surrounded by yes men.
‘The best visual effects in the world will not compensate for a story told badly.’ - V.E.S.
‘Star Wars is a buffet, enjoy the stuff you want, and leave the rest.’ - SilverWook
Donation sent along Poita - always excited to see these projects move forward, and happy to help any way I can 😃
Unfortunately it turns out that Reel2 (at least) of the UK print has mould damage, which isn’t clear until you get it cleaned, and unfortunately there is no way to remove all the mould safely, (it is showing up as red flashes on some frames) so we will need to replace some of those scenes with ones from the DE print.
Curious to see what this mold damage looks like. Any chance you could post a couple frames with the damage or a short clip?
Thanks.
It is the red flashes in the 2nd half of reel2
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It is the red flashes in the 2nd half of reel2
Whoops, sorry. I forgot that you had uploaded Reel 2 in full.
I’ll show you what it looks like on the IR scan, you can see the mould pattern clearly on that if interested.
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Donation made.
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A quick look at Reel4 😃
https://infinit.io/_/38P6PcQ
Thanks to everyone for making this possible!
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My two cents would be to get the DE Reel 2 cleaned next, assuming it will be crucial in subbing the latter half of the British reel, which is damaged. I know you can scan it now as it is, but seeing as it’s vital, you might as well treat it as the next part of the preservation.
I’m sure if it came to reel 6 of the Brit print and funds had run out, the community would come to the rescue 😉
I was thinking along similar lines. I would love to chip in a little more to the cause once I can, especially if it means cleaning up the DE Reel and getting the best restoration of this film possible. The order doesn’t mean too terribly much to me; as I’m not involved in the editing process, whatever cleaning order makes most sense to poita and Harmy is the way to go. Let’s clean all the things!
Thank you for all your hard work so far! I love this movie, and would love to see it restored!
Man, that last sample looks fantastic. The sky shots above Bespin seem to have more cloudy artifacts in the picture than the other shots, why is that? Or does it just show more, because those shots are brighter?
BTW, I’ve donated as well 😃
Beautiful! Missing frame at 20:24:21?